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The Coffee Shop / Little White Lies are not so little.

« on: September 09, 2012, 04:33:59 pm »

A pastor is going to preach a sermon on the topic of sex. Having never done this topic before he was a little sheepish about mentioning it to his wife while he was preparing it. Also, his wife is a bit of a know it all on all topics.

Sunday morning she was feeling sick so decided best to stay home. As he was headed out the door to church she asked him what his topic was about. Well he figured she wasn't going to be there so what harm would it be to tell her a little white lie. So he told her it was going to be on sailing. Before she could respond he left.

Well she thought that was such a stupid topic, but thought nothing more of it until the next day when she was out shopping. She ran into a church member who stated that she had been missed at church. The member also said that she loved the pastors sermon. She had really learned a lot.

The pastors wife said, "He is silly. He doesn't really know anything about it. He has only done it twice in his life. The first time he got sick and the second time he nearly lost his hat while doing it."

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Helping my Uncle

« on: August 27, 2012, 11:44:57 pm »

My Uncle David was a construction person all his life. He has a full shop of tools at home, all of them well used. Lately he has been watching to see what new item I am making on my saw. For him tools have always been used to make useful things like houses and cabinets. Now, he is retired with the early onset of dementia, he asked me yesterday if I would work with him to teach him how to make things on a scroll saw. His mind is still pretty good and it is exciting seeing him want to take interest to use his tool for something creative other than basic construction. I look forward to the time spent working with him.
 

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Brag Forum / another project complete

« on: August 26, 2012, 03:46:47 pm »

I have been posting this in the intarsia section, but now that it is complete I thought I'd add it here. I started this one a few months ago as a drawing I made on Paint. It is my first project of this nature and over all I think it turned out pretty good. It is a birthday gift for my mother in law. The sky and water are blue pine, the lighthouse building is soft maple and padauk, the ground is cherry. The windows and doors are walnut and the chimney is scented cedar. The cliffs are made out of zebra. Had a lot of fun making this and a few moments of needed forgiveness when things didn't quite go as planned.

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The Coffee Shop / 2012 Christmas Exchange

« on: August 25, 2012, 07:15:44 pm »

A month or so ago I heard talk about a Christmas Ornament Exchange. I was just wondering if it had progressed any since then. Is there a place to sign up for it? Let me know I am interested in making an ornament and would love to exchange with someone.

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The Coffee Shop / Vacation

« on: July 29, 2012, 12:23:18 am »

Well, I made a gift for my wife's cousin. She got married today. The gift went over real well. Now I am off for a week in California. Headed from San Diego to Sequoia for a few days camping. Then to San Francisco for a few days. Down the Pacific Coast Highway to San Diego for 3 days. Doing some deep sea fishing and beach time while here. Then back to hot and humid Phoenix. So, wont be working on my projects for a week...but this time off will be so nice.

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Brag Forum / A Wedding Gift

« on: July 10, 2012, 12:47:04 am »

I made this one for my wife's cousin. She is getting married later this month. The tricky part was finding the right candle holders. I went to 12 stores before I finally found a set that would fit the base. It was at Hobby Lobby. This project is made with soft maple 1/2 in with a 3/4 in tropical walnut for the back and base. For the picture I just set the project up as it will look. I still need to add the finish and glue it together.

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Which Scroll Saw to Buy

« on: June 25, 2012, 11:32:22 pm »

First of all let me start off by saying I am not looking to buy a new saw right away. I am using the HF saw I got for Christmas last year, and doing pretty good with it. But, as much as I enjoy this hobby, I will eventually want to buy a better saw. So my question is, what saw (without spending a fortune) would people here recommend? I remember seeing a scroll saw at the AZ State Fair about 5 to 10 years ago. It had a real easy to remove blade for quick change and for setting up to do fretwork faster. I guess that would be what I would want. Any suggestions or ideas?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Blue Pine

« on: June 22, 2012, 06:28:45 pm »

I am slowly working on my first intarsia project. Most the buildings are complete, the land is all finished. I took the advice of many of you and decided to make the water with blue pine. I found 2 sites that sell it. Ordered a board from each. Just got them both. I will be posting some thoughts on both these companies, sharing how easy/hard they were to order from, a price comparison, quality of product, and other personal thoughts. One board came from Ocooch Hardwoods and the other was from The Handsome Woodman. I hope that my review of both these companies help other newbies like me when it comes to buying blue pine.

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Brag Forum / Christmas Angel

« on: June 17, 2012, 01:03:16 am »

No time like summer to start on Christmas projects. I got my first pin less blade today (spiral blade) and made this project using 1/2 in poplar. I still need to put a finish on it, but other than that I think it turned out decent.

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The Coffee Shop / Im in trouble now...

« on: June 17, 2012, 12:55:42 am »

I left the catalog from this site open on my desktop computer and went to work. I come home and my wife has printed out a ton of patterns for projects she wants me to make. Lol, I thought I had enough on my own to keep me busy.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Spiral Blades are Awesome!

« on: June 15, 2012, 08:05:54 pm »

I got off work early today. Took my inexpensive (some would say cheap) scroll saw to Harbor Freight (yes, I actually own a HF Scroll Saw) and had 3 of their clerks help me to figure out how to use my saw blade converters so that I can use non pin blades. After about 15 to 20 minutes of puzzling over this, one of them (hopefully the better paid one) figured out how to use the adapters. My next stop was to Lowes where I bought my first pack of non pin blades. Got a dozen spiral blades. Well...havent made anything with them yet other than some very fun cuts. Compared to what I have been doing this spiral blade is awesome. I can now start looking for more detailed patters. I think I will quit my day job and just spend my time making things! (Wife said, "No" to that last comment.    ) Well time to start looking for something new to make!

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Scroll Saw Sanding

« on: June 14, 2012, 11:29:36 pm »

I just followed a link from another post (clocks) and while surfing that website I ended up on this page http://www.sloanswoodshop.com/scroll_sanders.htm  It is a sander that goes where your blade goes. This is the perfect solution to sanding some of them hard to reach spots on any project. I know many of you pros might have known this...but for a noob like me this was a fantastic find!

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Intarsia / Lighthouse finally finished

« on: June 14, 2012, 10:57:50 pm »

This project has taken some time. I drew the pattern myself using a simple program paint. Then selected all my woods (thanks to the help of many of you for great advice). After some cutting and sometimes re-cutting I managed to get the pieces fitting pretty close. Finally all glued and sanded. All I need now is to put the backing on and a wire to hang it. This is my first attempt at intarsia. Looking forward to my next project (probably something a bit simpler in size and design. Thanks again to all my friends here who helped me figure this out.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Do you ever....

« on: June 13, 2012, 08:09:30 pm »

...find yourself in a lumber store browsing for wood and you dont even have a project in mind? Lol...if anyone told me a year ago that I would be doing just that I would have thought you were crazy. On my lunch break I can get to a Woodworkers Source store. Well today I left with a nice piece of purple heart and a piece of soft maple. The pile of wood is growing larger at my house. Now I just need time to use some of this wood to make some nice things. Thanks Steve for giving us so many free plans to use. 

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Where to buy wood

« on: June 13, 2012, 03:47:30 am »

I am about to start an intarsia project. I posted my project on that forum and asked people for advice. Some suggested I do the water with Blue Pine. Well, finding Blue Pine was not so easy at first, then I found this web site: http://thehandsomewoodman.com .  I have not bought from them yet, but from what I can tell they are an awesome site to get wood from for scroll saw projects. You pick the actual piece of wood and they send it to you.  Just sharing info I learn as a I go.